It’s because making the world better requires change and conservatives are terrified of everything, especially change.
Go up to a conservative. Any conservative. And ask them to talk about politics. No other prompt. Just talk about politics. Don’t interrupt them for maybe 5 minutes. They’ll spend at least 95% of their time talking about fear, in some form or another. Conservatism is built upon, and maintained, by fear.
Imagine working some shitstain retail, food service, or factory job and the absolute dumbest, most racist co-worker gets put in charge.
That is our federal government right now.
Had to do this once at my old apartment. Building next door had some kind of alarm that would beep for 10 minutes straight, stop, then do it again like an hour later. Over and over. Forever. Went on for months. Right outside my bedroom window.
After realizing no one else in either building was going to do something about it I taped a very large, very rude note on the front door of the building calling them out. It was gone within a couple days.
This is what happens when you provide no way for anyone to contact your building’s management.
Y’all can do it for Greta. I’m still fighting for Harambe. DICKS OUT!!!
What would be the benefits of this over RedReader? I currently use that app without logging in just to keep up with news and it provides an old Reddit layout experience. Because I refuse to use anything with an even remotely new Reddit layout.
American here.
Because Americans are stupid.
Well, enough are anyway.
This is the country that made a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist with one failed presidency under his belt our leader…again.
We did already impeach him…twice. But now Republicans are in total control (see stupid Americans comment above), so Republicans would have to impeach him this time, but they’re all spineless fascists, so that isn’t happening. In America impeachment is just the first step, then the Senate has to actually remove them. After the first two impeachments the spineless fascist Republicans in the Senate refused to remove him, even though it was at the very end of his first term and gave them the perfect opportunity to permanently rid themselves of him. But again, they are spineless fascists.
Why do many Americans support him? It’s a combination of stupidity, ignorance, hate, and fear. Humans who don’t receive a proper education or upbringing end up being easily manipulated by those things. That’s the case here in America. Expect it to get a whole lot worse.
What do you like better here than on Reddit?
You won’t get banned for speaking your mind, even if that includes talking shit to bad actors who argue in bad faith. Reddit effectively protects and cultivates bad actors acting in bad faith. They can spread their misinformation. When you point out that they are dipshits and why, complete with sources, you get banned while they continue to spread their misinformation.
Threads also stay active longer on Lemmy. If you’re a few hours late to a Reddit post, too late. No one will see or interact with your comment. On Lemmy a thread can stay active for a few days.
What do you miss from Reddit?
The more nuanced subs. That’s literally it. Lemmy doesn’t have a lot of the subs I had on Reddit…yet. Mostly art subs dedicated to very specific forms of art. There’s nothing else to miss. Reddit is quickly becoming a cesspool that is losing what worth it once had.
Do you feel the culture here is genuinely different
Yes. There are notably less dipshit conservatives on here than on Reddit. I don’t care if that makes me sound like a partisan asshole. I am partisan when it comes to modern American conservatives. They are shitstain fascists and I don’t want them to be anywhere near me. I don’t view them as good people and I’ve never met one that argued in good faith. I respect and desire alternate viewpoints, but I don’t respect or desire conservative viewpoints, because they’re always in bad faith, if not outright racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, or xenophobic. To give you an idea, Lemmy users ran the conservatives out of the actual conservative sub and it’s effectively used for mocking conservatives now. So yeah, Lemmy isn’t a big fan of shitstain conservatives. Which means on an average day, I’m reading a lot less filth than I was on Reddit.
I hate this.
I’m still driving a '99 vehicle and the most advanced thing about it are the power windows. I dread upgrading to a vehicle that can break in so many new ways. I hate that everything has touch screens and the software on many is awful and if it breaks, surprise, you have no music in your car now.
We’re doing a pretty bang up job of making that one second as stupid and painful as possible.
My mom did this while I mowed the lawn. Pointed to leaves I missed. Even if they had fallen after I had already done that part of the lawn. Real piece of work.
Just like Reddit, you have to add your personalized subs before you can really start enjoying it. Start looking for subs you like.
The bottom line is that there isn’t enough content to last all day like Reddit, but I see that as a good thing. I wrap up on Lemmy and then I can dig myself into a Wikipedia hole and learn something.
Best part about Lemmy is my comments actually get seen and responded to and it can take a couple days before a post is dead, unlike Reddit where if I comment 4 hours after it’s posted, it’s dead and there’s no activity on my comments.
Reddit feels like I’m a dog hanging out a car window trying to bite at the air as it whips past me but never getting anything of substance. Lemmy feels like I’m in an AA support group and we’re all sitting in a circle communicating and sharing our addiction together.
If it isn’t crystal clear now, I don’t know what crystal or clear is.
Conservatives are fascists. Fascists are liars. They are not to be trusted.
Lol.
The Divided States of Trashcanistan hasn’t hosted since 1994 and it’s going to be an absolute garbage shitshow for the wealthy only. Probably plagued with ICE terrorists. Not to mention another year under this admin and the dollar will probably have tanked another 10% and our cost of living will probably be even more absurd.
There’s going to be 6 games within a 2 hour drive from me and I have no intention of going to any of them, despite spending the last few decades fantasizing about going to a World Cup game with some friends.
Pathetic shithole.
This is pretty spot on.
Ralph was just trying to help organize and make everyone’s lives better. He was ignored and his life was threatened.
Simon, the insightful one, was trying to get people to see reason to quell their mania. He was murdered.
Piggy, the intelligent and compassionate one, was murdered.
It’s a nation filled to the brim with children trapped in adult bodies.
This is not an opinion because I’m perpetually online. I go outside and they’re there too. Literally everywhere.
The last time I liked Kid Rock was 1998.
By the time I get there I’ll probably be begging for it.
I think everyone is well aware that TikTok is about to become yet another racist supremacist shithole.
Great Tribulation of Immense Suffering
I thought we were already doing that.
Yeah. No need to sugar coat it. I ran into a couple Charlie Kuck supporters at a bar a few weeks ago and when they brought him up my response was
“Assassination isn’t great for our society, but I’m super glad he’s dead.”
When they started babbling back at me I just said
“The real question here is why you’re sad a bad person is dead.”
And then I just walked away because why waste my time with idiots?